Petition on repeal of McKinley act sparks GOP tensions
Senator Wolcott presented a Colorado petition on a repeal blank that erased the Sherman act and wrote the McKinley tariff. The gesture signals the clash of two Republican measures bringing the nation to danger, with Senator Jones recounting pressure to push silver legislation. Is the petition a joke a threat or sober earnest?
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Wolcott
Colorado
Senator Jones
Nevada
Walker
Overdue Train Highlights Bridge Neglect in Inquiry
An overdue train incident underscored a fatal risk from a bridge left in dangerous condition. The commission chairman led an inquiry into who bore responsibility for the neglect and how to fix it.
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Commission
Sfix
Ex Secretary Fish a Remarkable Atlantic statesman
Born a year before Gladstone, Mr. Fish completed a notable life though he has passed away long ago while the English statesman remains vigorous. He served as Member of Congress at 34 Governor of New York at 39 United States Senator at 43 and two terms as Secretary of State. His famed act was settling the Alabama claims by arbitration rather than war advancing civilization.
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Fish
Gladstone
Mr. Fish
Congress
New York
United States
Alabama
Voorhees urged to end silver debate within two weeks
The senator is quoted saying silverites won’t hold out longer than two weeks, as public fatigue grows. He accuses the silver Senators of obstructing rather than debating, insisting Congress was convened to repeal the pig silver act and urging Voorhees to move faster to pass the repeal.
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Senator Voorhees
Senate
Voorhees
Congress
On the Fence in Gop Nomination Debate
The Boston Journal positions itself on the Republican nomination fence noting the urge of some to secure many delegates while urging a candidate of sagacity character trustworthiness and high principles. It avoids naming a nominee and contrasts with past years when it pushed its chosen candidate to defeat conventions. The piece suggests the fence as a safe stance this year as in prior decades.
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Boston Journal
Journal
Republican Party
First Race on Sandy Hook Tests Sailors and Yachts
The initial trial of the cup defenders yesterday proved disappointing with no decisive verdict on superiority. Jubilee missed the course due to an accident, Colonia’s incompetence noted, and Vigilant’s strengths reaffirmed. These tests are exhibitions aiding the selection committee, not prize races, so Jubilee must still be compared in future trials.
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Sandy Hook
Colonia
Boston Bonds Sold At Premium Amid Tax Hurdle
Acting Mayor Lee argues Boston bonds deserve premium pricing due to strong municipal credit. He notes Massachusetts tax policy hampers the sale of 3 percent bonds and limits local investment, urging tax removal to boost citizen purchases and broaden market demand.
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Lee
Boston
City of Boston
City of
Bridge collapse at Chester linked to missing rivets and neglect
Investigators state the Chester bridge failed after hundreds of rivets or bolts were removed from its iron plates. The weakened structure caused the Chicago special train to derail into the brook, underscoring neglect of basic precautions.
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Chester
Chicago
Quincy
The Commander Adams Wins Acclamation for Lieutenant Governor
Captain Adams gains broad praise beyond party lines as a Massachusetts veteran of war. His record includes battle, wounds, hospital and prison, earning a celebrated acclamation in place of a contested ballot.
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Adams
Grand Army of the Republic
Massachusetts
Rat office and populist agent described in 1900s column
The Observant Citizen reports a Western Union office policy banning women operators and, from a fifth floor perch, observes a rat “circus” in the waste basket. The piece also notes Linn B. Porter alias Albert Ross as a Populist figure, writing the People's party platform and energizing delegates.
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Western Union
Linn B. Porter
Albert Ross
People’s Party
Lynn
Mov
Witnesses and Campaign Thread Highlight A Boston Scene
A street scene on Tremont and Parkers House lunch show ex mayor Hart amid gubernatorial talk. Debates over spelling Coolidge on West End signs reveal quiet political currents while a Bowdoin Square Theatre lithograph features William Barry. Nellie Marion Hennessy pens Holmes tribute.
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Tremont Street
William Barry
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Hart
Parker House
Debate Over Neponset Route on West End Railway
A reader reports paying extra for transfers to Neponset via Washington Street and Dorchester Avenue. The general manager denied a Neponset Mt Pleasant line, but a Post reporter observed Dorchester Avenue cars marked Neponset and Mt Pleasant. The conductor confirmed cars leave Franklin Street every half hour via Dorchester Avenue to Neponset.
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West End
Neponset
Dorchester Avenue
Nahant
Washington Street
Franklin
Franklin Street
Mt. Pleasant
Field’s Corner
Post
Fall Leather Trade Revives Confidence and Activity
Confidence returns as fall season nears with leather firms resuming boot and shoe production and wholesale activity picking up. Prices stay largely steady while demand strengthens for hemlock sole leather, uppers, splits, and morocco, with improved collections and easier credit. grains and rough hides lag as buyers regain footing in a cautious market.
Odds and Ends Jokes From Prints and Prose
A collage of witty quips and snippets from various voices. A physician mentions commissions for catching illnesses, a poet jokes about rising fame in an elevator, and a judge taunts a thief with time. A parlor scene features a sister, a tramp, and a pie. Miscellany includes seasick lawyers, a Bungtown anecdote, and a family tour of Rome.
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Providence Journal
Angel
White Mountain Echo
McGinnis
Rome
Alwaysoff
Sick Baby Service Fund Status Report Boston Post
Post doctor’s report shows calls by Dr. C D E Ball from Sept 2 to Sept 7 and totals for cases treated. Previously acknowledged friend total $479.44 includes 379.34 10 and 100.00 contributions. Records list 1043 cases Sept 2 and 93 cases Sept 4 6 with a combined total 1286 cases.
Convention call for fisheries congress at World’s Fair
Portland Maine Sept 7 The Hon E W Gould head of the Maine Commission and secretary of the national fish and game commission has issued a circular calling a convention to be held at the World’s Fair Oct 18 The World’s congress of fisheries will then be in session Hon EB Brackett of Massachusetts named chairman by the US commissioner Professor Francis H Herrick of the US Commission will read a paper on the lobster.
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Portland
E. W. Gould
Maine Commission
Fish and Gamle’ Commissioners
United States
Fai
Congress of Fisheries
EB. A. Brackett
Massachusetts
Francis H. Herrick
United States Commission
Missing Joshua Ford Believed Dead Along Portland Front
Five weeks after Joshua Ford vanished from the Dana forwarder crew at Portland, family sorrow grows as the missing man is presumed dead. The front along the harbor shows a new battery launch by General Electric, while wedding festivity spurs cheers at the Cunard docks for General Agent Alexander Martin and Miss Brimblecomb of Barre. The season shifts toward fall as Salem ships return to work and a rescued crew from the Waldemar recounts their hardships after wreck near Hogsty Reef. The Ferryman.
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Joshua Ford
Dana
Portland Boats
Mr. Ford
Clark Marine Engine Company
General Electric Launch Company of
New York
Edison Electric
Atlantic Avenue
Boston
United States
Grand Duke of
Russia
John Jacob Astor
Cunard
Alexander Martin
Brimblecomb
Barre
Mass
Shaw
Winthrop Line
Ana
Salem
Salem Harbor
B. C. Sargent
Burke
Waldemar
Cape Hayti
Hogsty Reef
Jacmel
Hogsty
Yonbie
Castle Island
Mt Desert Ferry Purchase Signals Bay Shore Cottage
Joseph Pulitzer of New York has purchased the Cunningham estate on Bay Shore Harbor, seven acres, and plans to build a handsome cottage there. The deal reinforces Mt Desert property activity as autumn begins.
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MT. Desert Ferry
Joseph Pulitzer
New York
Cunningham
Bay Shore Harbor
Flynn expected to be confirmed fire marshal of Boston
The executive council will vote next meeting to confirm Edward J. Flynn as fire marshal, despite earlier reservations. Flynn’s nomination had been laid on the table for fitness review amid objection from fire underwriters, with council members absent delaying action. Other nominations were confirmed or laid over for a week.
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Edward J. Flynn
Boston
Executive Council
Post
Flynn
Leeson
Wolcott
Morgan
David Hall- Trice
Worcester
Whitcomb
James Donovan
Mr. Flynn
Charles W. Whitcomb
Russell
R. E. Warner
Board of Arbitration and Conciliation
John F. Brown
Municipal Court of
A Prsenting Guest: Bright Visitor In The Ladies Home Journal Tone
A portrait of a ideal guest: cheerful, thoughtful, and endlessly prepared with a book games and crafts. She visits confections and children, chats with servants by name, and leaves with everyone grateful yet eager for her next engagement. She guards family confidences and avoids prying curiosity.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Unknown man found floating near Central Wharf
A decomposed body of a man about 40, five eight and 160 pounds, with a dark complexion, was recovered near Central Wharf yesterday afternoon and sent to the North Grove street morgue. He wore a dark striped cutaway coat and vest, dark trousers, a blue striped outing shirt, a blue necktie, low cut and balmoral shoes. The body had been in the water about three weeks.
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Central Wharf
North Grove Street
Dysentery Epidemic Reported in East Prussia
In Tilsit on the Niemen 135 cases of dysentery and 19 deaths have been reported. In the dragoon regiment at Insterburg East Prussia 43 men are ill of a like disease.
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Berlin
Tilsit
Niemen
East Prussia
Dragoon
Insterburg
Ifen
Stage Matters The Black Crook At The Boston Theatre
A Boston theatre row highlights dramatic week with The Black Crook praised for stage effects and audience comfort at the Boston Theatre. Other notes mention Venus at Park The Fencing Master at Hollis Street and The Lost Paradise at Bowdoin Square Theatre next week.
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Boston Theatre
Hollis
DeMille
Bowdoin SQ
F. Atkinson
Barry Nannt
Ray
Mrs Gardiner Still Missing After Travel From New Brunswick
Mrs Joseph Gardiner a 60 year old resident of Moncton N B disappeared after arriving in Boston and being directed to Cambridge Massachusetts where she planned to visit at 300 Main Street Cambridge police investigated after a postman reported concerns and a Bonnell informant gave a Sept 7 note about her arrival in Boston and subsequent unknown location with Green Street contact and 65 Jay Street checks yielding no leads The case remains unresolved and puzzling to friends and authorities
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Joseph Gardiner
Moncton
N. B
Gardiner
New Brunswick
Cambridge
Main Street
Isaac W. Bonnell
St. John
Boston
George Morrill
Green Street
Jemima Bonnell
Isaac Bonnell
Jay Street
Jay Cee
Two Narrow Escapes On Charlestown Bridge
Frank H. Sullivan aged 9 fell forty feet from Mystic avenue bridge into tracks. fracture of right leg below knee, taken to Massachusetts General Hospital. Orlando Flynn 16 fell from fourth story at 16 Davis street, struck bay window, both bones of right leg broken, taken to City Hospital.
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Mystic Avenue
Charlestown
Frank H. Sullivan
Parker Street
Massachusetts General Hospital
Orlando Flynn
Albany Street
Davis Street
City Hospital
Cambridgeport Boy Reported Drowned Found Alive
Eddie Gore of Cambridgeport, aged 11, was reported missing after wandering with companions on Tuesday. Cambridge police believed him drowned, but he returned home Wednesday afternoon from Malden, and his father confirms he is alive and well.
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Eddie Gore
Cambridgeport
Cambridge
Malden
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Rich & Harris
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Louisville
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Washington St
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